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THE RULES
We will compare turntable+tonearm couples. all turntable+tonearm will have the same cartridge, namely the Denon DL103. Each participant must bring his denon DL103 attached to the tonearm. The MC preamplifier will be provided, and will be the same for all turntable+tonearm couples.
If needed, a base shall be provided by the participant.
The interface is 2 female RCA cinch : Red and black, and a chassis plug.
The turntables must be made available for the check on thursday evening.

How to register to the shootout ?
First of all, you have to register to the triode festival : http://www.melaudia.net/subscribeETF.php
In your registration form, fill the "participate to the shootout with" field with the name of your turntable+tonearm (brand and reference, or any description if it is a DIY turntable and/or tonearm)
Bring your turntable+tonearm+DL103 at ETF

The number of participant is limited to 16, you will receive a confirmation of your participation before ETF2010.

Special stuff :
Cartridge other than Denon DL103 are not allowed. In particular, DL103R is not allowed.
Modification on DL103 (damped stylus, modified cartridge body...) are allowed, provided that the output level is not modified.
You can do whatever you want with the turntable+tonearm, providing that it turns at 33rpm on a 220V/50Hz mains...

There are several ways of authentic music reproduction, and this is just one of them. The idea was to get from an 8" all that it can give, without usage of backloaded horns, and we did it. As a result, we have 38 - 40 Hz low range and extremely well articulated bass with perfect contours. They are, so to say, omnivores that play any kind of music just lifelike.

You can hardly spot them in the picture - there are two Atleier Rullit Aero 8 AlNiCo which have been designed particularly for this purpose. The only disadvantage in the european market might be the size of these creations.

These beauties are easy to transport and handle, though, for they are (dis)mountable without any problems.

Funny... I kind of like the visual of the random blue block idler-wheel unit with the Schick arm.
I think I'd go for a more finished look on the blocks, but the idea that it's not a rectangular
box with a wheel on top is appealing (to me). I haven't read a shootout description, but I
imagine it could have surprised a few people.

It's uh... uh... it's down there somewhere, let me take another look...